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The Cast Of "30 Rock" Readies for Live Show

Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer chat about their upcoming "30 Rock" live show that will air October 14, 2010 on NBC. What makes them most nervous? Plus, whom are they betting will make the most mistakes? (Published Tuesday, March 4, 2014)

We know they can be funny on purpose, but will the "30 Rock" cast be funny by accident tonight?

The cast of the acclaimed NBC show will be working without a net for tonight's episode, which airs live with separate performances for each coast. It's old hat for "Saturday Night Live" vets Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan, but a bit daunting for other cast members.

"It's going to be a lot of fun and I think it will be fun for us to do a show in front of a live audience," said Fey, who plays the geeky show runner, Liz Lemon. "It would be nice to prove people actually would laugh. We could be proven wrong," she said.

Jack McBrayer, who plays Kenneth Parcell, a goofy but lovable page, says that the experience "will be invigorating" for the cast, but as the same he's "scared to death."

Damon and Mad Men star Jon Hamm are widely rumored to be on tap for the live show.

Fey said her character, currently in a romantic storyline with a character played by Damon, will be involved in a story where everybody forgets her 40th birthday. Meanwhile, Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy, is trying to give up drinking while his fiancee is pregnant.

The cast has had to cram for this week's episode. Shooting usually takes place over several days, but this time the team did three practice run-throughs on Wednesday and will have a dress rehearsal before the two live shows. In another switch, they're doing the show at the real "30 Rock," instead of in a studio on Long Island.

But the real adjustment, said Krakowski, is getting everything in one take.

"Another character is going to be there and that's the live audience," she said, "and it does change the timing."